Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY.

raatnucd from second page.
>,..,l the history of this deadly upas shade.
ts 20" do ont vindicate Us both, my friends,
lpo ne charge Of senseiess, heartless war,
Ton - me origin of this curse an having
At.---I4 10 know II was on the construction of
ge NO Grand forces we warrei, and not 10
4 i,5sC Use the lot OF the black man, though we
ssA[+ ,~ridentally, ID this complexion old 1t
enc at TIE FIRST PROTESTS.
an s.. mat cargo landed in Virginia, the
:, .tHer of statesmen BegAn 20 enter her pro-
~ .rt when iney continued TO pour In, South
Il go -e Pennsylvania aud Massachusetts,, in
II I'll the colonies except New Hampshire,
y a. never held q slave, passed measures tax
\ .t.a'r importation, for, mark you, the mother
- ave them no power 10 prohibit IL
n - I'D all they cOGld to scotch the
~ bat al those ordi ances were
81. Is rv -he crown. And why, Because it
-. r.ai1 royalty on every head brought in.
G tea some old u es, had grown 20 an age
~ IN lage was gone, except the love Of
w i was this love that caused her 10
s---s-1 grind til! she lost all IN the loss of
-L-..ar,s- when the great rebellion of Ii16
- L.. US 90 step farther and fad the
1-.r .... cur fathers allowed this curse TO
r. I'D tise. articles, Otherwise rs perfect as
aims .uoye, after which they were tazCn.
uTruSED TO SLAVERY.
vr~.l. they ild net expect slavery to stay-ail
. . ?
.s.- j. should not be recognized by the
..-... otter grand leading idea in our con
-,.-.-.rr 'tlar aI men were born tree and
--.-r -l.l re word slave nowhere appears
III. "persons held 10 service" and
.razr lrsCnss Is the apology.
r- II section g, thev put
-rr.- t.. porta ion ct these persons"
XII. ....- ...- Alter the year lS2s the states
49, .. longer 10 import them. This trouble
r.... 20 end mere. but strange enough,
, MS frle.l but the beginning of the end
.a... ..r nifty years or more after this It was
-. so .l=ruvereG-lor within year Of this
~. were .om Lincoln. Lee, jefferson Davis
.r1r- Johnson, all of whom eN2rted so
f--- .r .IAuence over its departure
aerr.. world now recognizes them as chief
.,..-- gGJ drama III its exit.
,.r- HundEed years aZO the world was
.-.--at II lEa proposition that all men
E-cE tl NATURE FREE
l.-.atue-s were thought 10 be wild CtOpian
s-s.-.rs b. The old dCnlzens over there,
and rae white man over here had hard
enough iiMg 10 convince than tt|
n. aeH departure, much less could
ft.H.ea been expected OF an ignorant race
es- .Ead upon as an inferior, after the fame
ii Esrn.... an tasdrubai marching against
Rom .at faded rom the memory OF mankind
snn-.e l--G civilization Of Ham. Then there
rs- arat-.r ana more potent reason than ali.
There were these thirteen states about 3OO,-
.s-r. sves-abcut one tenth of the popu-
.. % bat located in sCme-a5 ginIa and
h. .a- nas-n larger proportion, so as II
IN. .ar-t. raDlc bulk Of the mass. And the
,.-.f1 ua 81. whites had beel hard inGee1, to
sea. q .-a.ygE above the wave, al want in
tt.E .-r -Ed EMBARRASSING experiment OF self
III. mi. .ut. Ana to have thrown upon .hc cold
g. Che world, these simple black men
ug .- IN the shvcrest cruelty. Fog
t..E no IaW, and less OF self help. And,
s- Id We were DIVIDED i'm - iniOn
.lr-s WAS nation Oh a COufedeTacy.
ua- part of the feaerels, we find such names
a. '.a. slave Lo der, &nd AleNlnder
Hal W. New York, who was not. For
10. ..ar.ey, we see John EaaGO x, CT Mas
Sal. of the bold band and b,ljer
hoar- Thomas Jefferson, ana The very head
lr- Z aud aspiration of the rebellion, tai
.|.HGsr Many others on either side there
,lis is CnouNBfpr the purpose. There
81. ..Ea &u7 startling condolences of this /
l,-.- q. .sa origin a our greatness and re
ugwI.aa4 az those VINO have brought Us these
gg.r= %. -l9ry. / aiN. briefly as l MAJ, hasten
over some that I'll is IN pOigJ 10 note. ID is said
Sd . wa rutna ,ruly-thht wherever there grows
..- p. BE- searching, ita an,idOte may near It !
.t tH.... Stature, Elno dame, ices MS for cur |
ce. s.. but often cyn1e4Is the remedy U tax our
--.--rv. so ii was with slavery. Il. too, had !
lie E-l9te, a5 we shall see
THE ANTIDOTE.
crown stale ana Improbable every !
T,-r. 20 ~ortt and south, TIL young nan
.row -.e old Bay State Heated out On the bosom /
Gl.a Atlantic and around the keys OF Florida |
% Savannah, IN The good state OF Georgia, |
founded 10y Oglethotue. Poor and friendless, |
he ro-ght no c ptal but that genius f9r invcn |
Lg- 3 10 has made the Yankee power wher |
e.traa aAz ai-hted IN his hight around the |
W--t. Blu. q woman saw his wUrth-the |
widow OF General Greene OF the ReyOlu- |
ton. She had come with her nus |
band, since deceased, from Little Rhody,n /
admired the talent of the youth hailing from |
%" same section, and with her ample store /
Dc PED MIN make machine that made fiber
n. made king that was q tyrant TO the 1
tatsm hing Cotton ives the PharOah that |
would not let him 20. South Carolina gave this |
inventor e bonus OF $50 Geo, and other southern /
state .Hantied him, but all to no good. Mis- |
fortune followed i'm as II did PharOah, and by |
sIt--ll no infringement he was lawed Till he !
osi all, and then turned his talents to
guns for the nited states govern |
mem. ant. friends, If you have heard the roar .
Vile Whitney gun, ana know you have, you .
-teA no iu'Jaer Introduction TO our hero, Eli |
whitney Of ton gin fame. While good /
conan from New England helped to fix upon
j. 4. tnls trouble, all unCOnsCiOr was she Of
10y a3r1, but imagined IL great boon TO all.
il-tItT GOOD WOmrn from the same section,
s4 s'' the antitote. You see they grew side
g Slide. The sister Of Henry Ward BecCher un-
puma i..- Prometh Us bound IN che eternal
o-na "a bondage she did g thue: In 1850,
an me gEeai compromise Dlll was aYoW-
3. 81 oUr wise men OF the natl n as
% the slave agitSti II, there was
~L " .era Little cabin, and JnCie Tom and
ILL., Eva ana The g00o master and the bad
r- o. aecd IN II, and these humble characters
tL- Ike Pi srims' Progress around
be world ana thrilled The hearts IL III ma
ions vent into all languages, vas Wepi over
3 t-..- soul Jaat CUu.l read, hear or see 81
-..s...kel. This small fClio, with Its punE
@-e-s, did more to rGyo!utiCniZc The " .rld
~A I'll. great Orat!Ons of NGbS.er, Clay, Cal
p, .-tntiss, and q thousand magnatGs OF
ls-1 times who would have Illeu The presi
---.-. lair could they have fOund Hcr anti
o.. Soc what woman Wills, when she wills.
III, .iy friends. before we knew it this title
w had wnirled US away past the slave post
= --it us IN the rear, reading our Bible IN the
8. "t our own interests, as dOu ties, II your
-l.. Is good, you lind done TO the present
another curious
FREAK OF HISTORY
-t ".. llrn 10 Ihlpgs present. Iherc was
81 %. the dark and b.oocy g,Ound-so
-ea because an expiring race
r.. men nSG named II such over
er series, wrought 10y tn children of
>-1r whom their condition had taught would
-. rom the east o destroy them, two men
s were II act trC last grand scene IN the
4l.a Qt the destiny OF the black race, as well
Tie red, or this continent
LINCOLN AND DAVIS.
II strain Of the one, have from his own lips,
me n.y. Ihr ugh Georgia, from the PalmeV,O
gfe-. OF the Cavaliers Of South Carolina, and
Pc iH- Puritan Quaker stock of the other, !
nE Ia Me La d OF Plymouth Rock, thence
ID Penn into his woods, tnence into the Old
~inion, thence with that mighty Ninrod, '
ME. Boone, i4to the country adjoining the
n OF the other. The Puritan and Cavalier
re together long enough to assist at ]
Z funeral of Black Hawk, head of ,
g power OF the reds, and then began {
III quincy towards the b ginning OF the eNo-
s q the blacks. II WAS the warm gulf stream
t,inE the polar wave. mingiing tor awhile, {
IN Tie one ascending westward on!a par lei
lie natural westward march of his section,
me CtECr descending TO my native state OF
ssissippi, on a line with his. BY the decreeS |
heaven, the natural antagonism Of each was
arise over thu construction of the two forces {
I'll 10 81. @ Q q